Katja Markotic is since 1996 the director of the Rovinj Summer Festival

Katja Markotić singing chants by Dora Pejačević, the first significant Croatian woman composer, accompanied with the Tamburitza Orchestra of Našice.

Katja Markotić, mezzo-soprano

Katja Markotić, mezzo-soprano, completed her studies of singing and Lied interpretation at the Hochschule für Music and Performing Arts in Graz with prof. Kammersängrin Ire Malaniuk and then studied with prof. F. Lukasowski in Vienna.

As a concert singer, equally stylish, she successfully interprets works ranging from Baroque to contemporary music. A special place in her pursuit of vocal art certainly belongs and persistent efforts to revive the lesser known and neglected Croatian vocal heritage.

That is so far publicly presented for the purposes of broadcasting recorded numerous works of Ivan Lukačić, Dora Pejačević, Josip Š. Slavenski, Ferdo Livadić, Ivan Padovec and Franjo Krežma.

She has participated in all major national festivals: Zagreb Summer Festival, Split Summer Festival, Dubrovnik Summer Festival, at the Euphrasius Basilica in Porec, Osor Music Festival, Musical Evenings in St. Donat in the city of Zadar, etc. Except Croatian authors, Katja Markotić's repertoire covers the most prominent representatives of European vocal lyricism: Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Strauss, Mahler, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Respighi and others.

As a vocal soloist, she has performed with the Zagreb soloists, The Zagreb Quartet, Zagreb Chamber Orchestra, Quartetto d'archi di Venezia, the ensemble "I Solisti di Milano", Croatian chamber Orchestra, Korean chamber Orchestra (Seoul), Deutsches Kammerorchester (Frankfurt), chamber orchestra "Roma Classica", Symphony Orchestra of Croatian Radio & TV under the baton of Christian Ewald, first Croatian performance of songs of A. Zemlinski, Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, the Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra and the National Theatre of Split performed Mahler's 2nd Symphony under the baton of N. Bareza.

Katja Markotić often appears on foreign podiums, in Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Hungary, Poland, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium and the United Kingdom. She has achieved remarkable success during the evening recitals at the International Festival "Cervantino" in Mexico, with a final performance at the Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City), in 1991 and in 2002.

She lives and works as a freelance artist in Zagreb. Since 1996, she is the artistic director of the Rovinj Summer Festival.

Summer Festival was founded in 1996, is present and recognized chamber music festival and this concert season organized a full range series of attractive and carefully designed musical projects with the participation of prominent domestic and foreign artists, which always provide new experiences. Founded primarily as a summary of many years of work experience in the mezzo-soprano Katja Markotić, guided model related festivals and support fellow musicians, friends and acquaintances and fans of classical music. Such decision fell on fertile ground in the most beautiful town in Istria, Rovinj, where the festival riches concert venues and performances of world-renowned soloists, ensembles, chamber orchestras in Europe, Japan, Russia, Korea, the US, Mexico and Australia, took all the epithets one relevant international chamber music festival.

Projects summer concerts supported by the City of Rovinj, the Tourist Association of Rovinj and Maistra, who have recognized and realized the importance of its cultural significance as well as a great contribution to enrich the tourist offer of Rovinj as a destination.

The Rovinj Summer Festival is a chamber music festival that has been taking place in Rovinj every year from 16 th July to 9 th of July ever since 1996. With very particular concerts the festival offers recitals of various soloists, trios, quartets, smaller and larger chamber ensemble and chamber orchestras.

The concerts take place at the Church of St. Francis, the St. Euphemia Church, at the small island of St. Catharine and at Multimedia Center.

Through guest performances of artists from Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Poland, Japan, Korea, the US, Mexico and Russia, the Rovinj Summer Festival has acquired all the characteristics of an international festival.

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